The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-28 00:00:00

D' , lr4k . VAL NEWS. YARMOt.fikli, DEC. e7.—The Kitzk Gorge pu4er ` , ronght in a prize which the Drsirde frigate Cep red ff the cost of Holland, afier *a long chase. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Carne dOwn erOM the River slid through the Downs the Arniston East . India- Sailed the outward-bound for Portsnioutlf, under convoy of the Blossom and Cordelia sloop 'of war. P. S.—Sailed through the DoWits the Earl Cam- den fa PLYMOUTH; DEC , a transport, lade . ) with stores and prow sous, I or . Corunna ; the Ilan ?ink, PYK.E, fur Cadiz ; Margaret, FRANCIS f; Eli MAY, for Falmouth, to wait convoy for LiSbon ; .anima. WILLIAMS ; and Iris; EDWARIiS . , _'fbr k his Majesty's ships • Croc'us, Atierni,.and on-a cruize ; the j4kinerican ship iu, for the Jolly Tar, -DA.VEY, for Malta, Gibtai- Cadiz. ..IrriV-d the schooner Hazard, of Baltini6re, islioniv. WRITE, Master, from thence with a . cargb of cotiacto, - cotton-wool, indigo; and pepper, bound to Si'. Sebaitims, sailed on the i2th November; and wig detained on the 19th instant by his Ma- ' jesty's Aienzen, Captain Sir MICHAEL SEY MOUR. Also arrived the American ship Ocean, FLAKY, from Quebec, wiTh a cargai of timber, forthis port ; the brig Traveller, 14Nokoiu.), from Dublin, with ti cargo of provisions, for this port ; and= the brig Elizabeth, of London, BROWN iii.4terffrotil'Qu'e bec; laden 'with stores, bound to Loudon; five passage, during which time 'she encountered a tre mendous gale of Akitict, in which the Aire* part of .her cargo overboard. Arrived his•:Majesty's Ship L'Aigle . Ken a - unite Union, HOPPER, from Llatielly from London and the Britannia:, CAMPEgti.j from 'Glasgow. PORTSMOUTR. DEC. 27.—Came in this day hia Majesty's ship C v:ser; of 80 guns ; and the Cracker gun-brig trum the i.a:- - ,tward, together with ,4) - corerri l voy of about 'thirty sail of merchant-men, • bound, the greatest part of whicii are come to auctlur , in Stokes Bay. Arrived the Herb, STEPIPNSON, trot Quebec. Sailed hitiMajesty'ishipArgo;'of 44 guns, to tie Eastward.. Went out of harbour the ;Sally, HuTcnitzos,laden with bale goods, for the Brazils. Put back his Majesty's ship Ganymede to Spitifeacl, having been on shore on the Needles-, and sustained damage.. Arrived the Industry, MoNcun, from the Downs for Lisbon. • Came in from the Downs 'the. Earl Camden and Oincheliea, for the East Indies. The West India and Mediterranean ..Convoys it is expeded will sail to-mcirrow,morning--. DOVER, DEC. 27.—The Secretary of the Arce rican Minister, Mr. POWELL, returned here early this morning in the 'flag of ittice which sailed-6n Sunday, the French having refused to.let him land. Passed by for London the Pope, BISSIT, from Quebec. CoRK, P. 23.—0 n Tuesday his Majesty's gun:- brig Pirago arrived in our harbour froM Galway, ' which place she left on Sunday last. The day be fore she sailed, an American ship arrived there, which had been taken by 'a French privateer. On . the American vessel being captured, the privateer, took out all her hands except the Captain and an- other man, and put six of her own men on boirrd her. The two America:; 3 afterwards took advan tage of a favourable opportunity to secure the Frenchmen, and carried their ship into Galway. The. Virago has brought the ,six Frenchmen with her, and put them on board the prison ship at Cove. SHEERNESS, DEC. 27.—Saiied his Majesty's brig Thracian. Arrived his Majesty's brigs Badker, Saline, and Gluckstadt ; and one of the Gun Boats (No. 'io) from Flushisg. INDIA-HOUSE.—Yesterday a Court of Dire&ors • was held, when the following Captains were sworn 1 into the command of their respe&ive ships, viz. Captain G. 'GRAY, of ,the Canton, for China di tee; Captain, J. Wo6D, of•• the Hugh Inglis, for Madras and Bengal. The stations of the under mentioned ships were thus altered, viz. David Scott, Captain' LOCKE, jun. ,for Madras and China, instead of China diree..l Cirencester Captain HALKET, St. Helena, Prince of Wales Island, and China, in , stead of China dire The ships Bombay and 4 [loyal George were taken up and stationed for China dired.—The Court adjourned at six o'clock ?ill to-morrow. , Mmtrrims EXEGUTION.—Pursunt to the sea . tence of death, passed upon him by a Court-Martial hir sits abominable offence, Air. .tVehemiah Taylor 173!- , Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock,. exe cuted on board his -Majesty's.ship• Jamaica, at Ports , ~. is outh ; all the ships ut the fleet, having boats d in attendance, to escort him from the Puis . 74. gt}.llS.,, Tr 2.11 AMER.rcJApiqns New-Yonx,NoV. 30.—We have heard some con - jetanres fromWashitiglimwhich we hope, to use ; the languege of biot her Editor Smith, 'are ullounded.-- 7 It has been hinted that the late affair with Mr. Jack.; spn will cost Mr. Secretary Smith his place ; and, that the whole business has bein cdntrived by a cer tain cunning Frenchman, who - stands ready to.step into Mr. Smith's shoes,. which he thinks he ought to have worn long ago.—(44lexon. Gax.) " Shnuld the feelings of :any one tend to excite a' dispoisition to treat Mr. Jackson indecorously, let him reflect on the punishment to which he would thereby inevitably expose. himself, and to the-deep injury be might, however unintentionally, inflict on his country, and we ate persuaded he will teel it -a sacred duty to abstain from all violence or indecO‘ rum, leaving to his GovernMent the management of an affair of so much delicacy :and importance." The same paper (the paper of our government) says, " Although the President has refused to - receive any further communication front Mr. Jackson, he IS still a public minis!er and the represent'at'ive of - the British government in many iniportant . .respectS.'" There has been iw 46pecit:,•hment of verncitn. Mr.• Jackson . took Mr. Erskine's statement as he ft),,i)a it (which is - .not rie.rteit 'but' ' , written) wilh . dlit: :t!onchincr for the coirectnes, of He would Live , received Mr. Smith's iiayS,l:l the San* mAtiner, if Mr. SMith' had otle, wisicli he did not, and tliat he had:"iidthing to' do with the veracity of either prirtY'; bni to take Min fa& officially stated hy the ape And 'admitted the other : to wit, that the three . cOnditiotis, forrnit':g the whore substance of the instruetiOusof the.23d of January; had been not only - communicated but ex . - patiate6rpOrl at considerable length: ANOTHRE E . :ABARGO. — A Gentleman, lately from the seat of Government, states it as the prevri.ililig opinion there, that Congress will again resort to the old terrapin system of general embargo. We had hoped that bo',*l Congress and the Executive had Seen en ough of a measure Su inefficient as to Other nj tions, and so injutieus and.disfressing .: to ourselves. If THEY hove not, they ntay rest assured, THE tEOPLE (who were the eicausive,Sufferei•sj.lifii)e. ilochechoord ti:e ground is leVe.lle, And tho foundation prepared-- •., .;.' . :" 4 provisionary establishrneritfor an Eichante ) till the tune .when the magnificent edifice intended for that 'purpose.; and. which is already be,gun, shall Ile finished.. The ,Temple of-Glory occupies a great number ,of workmen.; it will be. worthy of its noble destiniiion..Four Anassy pillars, faced with a,stotte . equal iii. hardness and grain to the finest marble, intended to.. support, the, triumphal arch of l'Etoile, .are nearly t Ornpleted.. " The column of Austerlit4 is ador,ned, for half its height, with bronzes, which will, eternize the i - psta:.•.liievernents of onr warriors . ruiO.3CWORKS. . , , •, : . 4 " This Stay whielt 7 itiSMajesty then Made at Paris wn dist inguisheil by tin: care,w hich he took to regulate all the parts of the ‘aS't aciminiifration of his Empire. His orders i,'-ave it new aaiTily to the' immense la bours which oo periOd of peace ever saw undertaken in such great inzlAers, tiOr followed with sO much ; ardour. Prisoner,of War from different nations, 1 - . Sent by vietdry, haii,e finished the Canal of St. Quin tin. 'lwo leagues 01 an inipesing subteraneo u s pas ..sage open a ednitniinication between the rivers and seas °title North of the -Empire, and the rivers and of the ;ouch. FLVStitis7G HATIBOIip DEC. 23." -For some time , . ' Se , ven thousand WOrkifien have not ceased to past, as you no doubt already. know, attiVe prepard- 1 ilbouron the Canal Of the-North, and nearly eight tiOns have been wade for the final evacuation of leataes of this new wv . .o - rned. to the Rhine and Walcheren. The Miners were. bnsy in dig bi - . the Meuse; to bring their conjoined waters to Ant low the gates of this harbour, which Were of i . l.i ins - well), withont iluit;ing for a mornent the - soil of n Meuse size, and great strength, preparatory to their ' Frace, have been executed: - This, 1: Canal s , So irri. 1 being blown up 3 the brass guns, iron, wood, shot, ' portant to coMMerce, will not be 'a "ss : be'rlefit'i6 shells, and every thing of vitlue belonging to the Gove comic-yet - lon were hastily coyet-loagriculture. Lands equal in ,superticies to,se'veral De:. 1 n beard of dit- ' partinents w;11 be peopled and tertilized—,the peace:- ferent Ships appointed' for their reception 4, the arse- . _atilt cdequest of sgrictiitul'e, they will soon augment nals wete guited of every thing Valuable, and filled .both our riches and our prosperity: s . ' • ' , • • ' With 'CoMbWitibles, and trains of gunpowder,- to.as- , "-Two . oilitotis _have. been usefully expended in list-and accelerate their, intended Conflagration. Tire I 80) : on the Canal of NaPoleon; Which will unite Ito Ops, sick arid healthy, men, women, .and chit- fire itliOne to the Rhine. Nlarseilles, Cologne, and vireo; were . rapidly, ,becanae . gladly, embarking; Antwer will'Sodn, be. bathed by the same Water; ; every thing, foretold a speedy and complete ev a acu- • p'; tins Canal will.be' made to communicate with the lion of li1:16 unlucky !laud. • - - : Seine by that of b'nreandy, the ‘vorks of which aban- On Suni!ay*„ the 1 oth icstant; :the gatt s ‘,;(, - re doncd by, the old G' o verralietti, have received anew blown up, at nine o'clock in , the forenoon. The tire greatest impulse ; already the navigation is coin eiplosion was by no,tneadS so great as I had expect , plete from Dole to Dijon ;they are at present work ed; but yet the deStructiOnj though on our side in. iqg between Dijon and the bridge.at Pany, between complete ) was terrible. Large sluices, thick walla : the Yonne and St. Florentine: of brick, gates of the Strongest Structure, immense : i , i Several important 'locks upon the Seine, the masses of free-stone and granite . , and huge bars of , Aulie, anti the Sornme, i have been finishedin 1809. i r on, were all , thrown into the harbour in horrible " Every where the plans.l.vhich tended to improve ceiffusion. W fO hile I was employed in vie this - 111 arse _ ; rnier navigatiOnt, to extend them, or to :create scene Of 'aeStrudion, the conflagration of n ; e \.v ones, have n been undertaken or continued with Dais, which were about :30yards distant; took place. aelivitr. -f he maritime works have ,made the greatest The fire and smoke were kremendouS. The scene : : progres Those df Cherbourg already present to the was awfully grand, far beyond any, thing 'my feeble ' aston ished €3ye all immense port hollowed out of powers if description could suggest. tire - roc 1::. ,Its depth has been this year carried to •i. EVACUATION OF ffALCI-lEREIV. The arch- of .the Carolsal, which .is finished, unites, taste an.d . magnificeuce. . .; The. façade of the. building',' in Which you Meet is. finished the Louvre displays. new beau ties in the rapid progress of its, restoration ; the gal lery,, which will. complete its jo4tion with the Thuilleries, astonishes, by its progress,- the iuhabi. tants,. rven of. this city. Aircadi the capital enjoys a part of the waters which will behrought to it by the Canal of Oareq, while the Basin of La Villette, and the Fountain .of Innocents, .present to' it works as beautiful as they they are useful. Tn this long communication, I am only able to point out the least part of the works - completed or continued it the course of this year i but each of you is witness to their develoi4ement, since there i s not a part of France to which they do not ex- " Among these grand construaions there are some more particularly consecrated to public orde and benevolence. ESTAK,ISHMENT OF BENEVOLENCE. .seas The Etnperor has ordered the establishment of forty-two depots of mendicity; and secured to" them the necessary - funds. for their maintenance thus will be bealeo the most hideous wounds of pOlicied states ;;thus, the public manners and industry wilt. profit 4 ; 4 regulation which will snatch froth misery and depravity a number of beings who seethed con demned to them without resource. Several - of these eStablishments have already been completed. His Majesty has bestowed immense 'benefits on those of his subjeets who have suffered great cala mities. The Banks - Of theßhine had been iavaged by' inundations ; the inhabitants have received nearly a million either for indemnities, or to be employed in reparations and useful . laboUrs. "'The countries which hive. suffered by storms or fire have received succours. His paternal care has furnished a great number of &tied with supplies of bark, which.ihey. have .puntaually received. " Depots for vaccination have been established; they secure,fo.families the certain means of never' wanting an invaluable preservative, which nseful and true friends ,of humanity have made known to all the classes of our numerous population. : 4 ,‘ Among those of the wants of the French which have . fixed the attention .-of the Sovereign, the euh , tivation of the moral qualities ; that of the mind, that of the arts. of itnaginatton,have 'continued to hold one of the first.,ranks. PUBLIC INSTRUtTION. " The Imperial University has en:erc(Lon its func tion,,. It has colledted - inforthatibit concernir.g all the houses of Education in the Empire. Academies are forming, the Facilities establishing. The Ly ceums continue to furnish numerous pupils :to the Polytechine School, and that of St. Cyr: The for mer has always been the nursery of persons distm guiThed by their knowledge and their conclud St. Cyr is perpettially renewed that hardy race et youth, equally well exercised - , courageous, and zeal ous, who, when they arrive under their standards, will shew themselves worthy to march ,with our an cient heroes. t Fit SeitNaS, LITERATURE, AND ARTS. " Every species of encouragement is given to this SciencesPlO'ritte - rature, and the Arts; honours, re feet below the level of high water. It is de- -,:. warcl4, ufefdl . eMployments confidttd - to arii'sts that Tuesday Lord DERBY'S houndsstag- met at Ad'- , fended •by a pier, lite execetion .of which has been din ton, Sierrey.. A remarkably fide deer 'was ' as perfect as 'the idea . haS been bold. Facings of distitinish `thernselves, nothiog is lic-,T,ateled, Bnt turned out, known by the name of the Kent "Deer, : 0 ratii.te I.t.iVe to the port and its quays the most im- i th e f irst , 6f 11-I°se rDeamral) ''lc s o" , IGrrllce 1 . 0. ex 111: from having several' times run 'to Gravesend, River,.. : posing, cnaracter of . ' 1 1 the noefest emulation:, 13 an:r.-o'd , the decennial head, Ecc. in that 'county. He was uncarted about. t-avaiions will •deacerid sixteen feet loWer,so that therel prizes are td)e:int to be de ; iti if ? pt, 4 ,! t.-y i-ioe hati'd o f hi m ten eclock, and the hounds laid on about twenty t will remain in the pert of Cherbourg twenty-six feet', .who is the there aie .efVl4ruegiof.y.e. They would minutes paste be took across Halls Comnion, BroMi; watet . at io‘ir water, l' have been distr ibtlttl this day., . could the jory ham' F.4.iospleted•theiil..o s, . His' .I...l;ljesty Wlshed no six. . ... ley Common, Farnborough, and was taken, after t Whether liteoiry, or belonging to i " 'rite sluice at Ha'vre is neatly finished :it will ', one hoot and fifty minutes, at Shoreham, in Kent, . his secure from the 'middle of the - next cam paian the .1 cues c t , s f m ath, and Arts . , to.ehe nerewar degree, at without the least injury. ~ con. s tant 'entrance of -vessels into the' chtiilel at 1 the ' cle:tit ' es 1 Peeree l et c lie j , ... , efity-fourth Fruaiclor o c f n: t d h . e.,:e r a b r 6- ,, Lordship a's in high healt h. cru d wa s D c, unk , irk r. ; , an ti , cla . gon . sinice, Which will drain vain a good field,. and - very few thrown out notwithstand ante •tanas, and secure an easy navigation, has , been 1 i 1 1 : t h : 4 6 ., c _ e .q . :4 0 1 4 1 - , .; g 1 : q t,, ,..„' 1 . : ( !1 0 ;.....1, 1) ,6 ,y i0 t ) h e . e r : t -: . t P i e 3 ,7 .t r i . )6 me la r:lir • he run was a very severe One, and the country .1 es.presoturis. a genqat seri-tin - 100; f tint sentiment has ,_i , g' , • . • finished this year: ilteadrully heavy. His Lordship turns out on Friday " The basin Of Antwerp is excavated in all the 1 me 1 4e ,.. 1 2 .. i augmenting ti e nuMber of yr izes; new examinetior s; at Purley. . Died, on Taesday Morning last, at his house, Up- . . anterior part, and the sluice of the Sea is raist.l above , ; . . , . . . .. P . . i new adjudications are become necessary. : l'he Ern . its foundations. per Norton-street, PI3DEGE - SWAFFIELb, Esq. late 1 pc:6r wishes - to be certain that they slidll.expre s the Cashier for the, Viaualling to the. Treasurer of His . " Ttle poit of Cette has been deepened. . le port of arsei esad. i sentiment of an enlightened public 'opincon,,,and to • • Majesty's navy,which office of eery great trust he dis" ell ' oCa 'l.l e than eN'er l . I. 11 offers it more e , 46 -,. Y . : acqiiire this -e ei tai t or, he has ordered that, the. well% . . charged with exemplary ability and integrity thirty- . 6 ,, " The roads of Mont Cenis, 'of the Sin m hyr t , 1 . honoured 'by-these adjudications be subjected to.a five ye:Arai aud was a diligent and faithful servant to ' , wog; which traverse the Alps,- the Appeteids its solemn discussion, a distinction highly. flatte r i n g to ' .His Majesty upwards of sixty years. : ' -. every.ciirettion, and the Pyrenees, 'have received ' a 'those whose works are judged worthy of the prizes. H O FFER, AND THS TYROLESE DEFUTIES...-.R. new degree of aclvancernene, or are completed. ! ".The Musetfrn of Natural History has been in- ACkERMANN begs leeVe to intern.: the numerous Roads equallycreased, beaotiful and easy lead from Alex- ; that of the Arts has received, new. Borgheseriehes by : Subscribers - to the Repository ts! Arts, that the Sup- a n d r i s t o . Savatia ; from the batiks of the. Talmo ihe acquisition of the chefs d cettyre of th e plement will be published on.the, ist of January; - and the .Po,-. to the neatest shores• of the Medi- ; Gallery. and contain a cornea Portrait of,HoFF4jt, the Chief tter . r.inean. - • - : • .1 of the Tyroleans, and an authhtie account of his " The grand drainings ,of Bourgoine of Caton- Life. To which will be added, by the sanction of lin, crud -.WeliefOrt, have already changed.; sr rile • the Tyrolese. Deputies, a Biographical Sketch of marshes into . fertitu lands, and their resalts drawn w u their on Lives; and an interesting detail of the w - upon the Government the blessings of 'O people, Manners and Customs of their - pastoral and warlike astonished at not having suffered any of the evils, Nation. The distinguished and • extraordinary pa- however transitory, which they bad been made to tronage which the Repository , receives from the Bri g;dread. . . ..fish Public, incites the Publisher to make greater . , - efforts to deserve it. The Thirteenth Number of • the Repository will also 'be pubfished on theist of January, in which the Life of the heroic Scilif,L, written by an Officer of his Staff, will-be found pe culiarly interesting. M A NSION-HOUSR.-7/oseph Betty was yesterday : . ' committed for tri3l, for an indecent and brutal as* sault upon a Lady, while walking home on the pre. ceding evening from a friend's house in St. Mary ' Axe, not having been able to get a coach. BOW-STREET.—J. Britain and' S. Solcpnon were '' yesterday committed, charged with a highway rob bevy. 7-7 ..1.11 IP NA AGRICULTURE. ":The propagation of the culture of improved woos, has made new' advances, • arising in a,great measure from the - importatihn of Spanish and German flocks. ORAVISSND, DZCEMBER 25. Sailed—the Arniston, Laudon, Ocean, Williarrspn, and r, 4 ,1 tThmden, Samson, for Intro; Ann, Cook, and Ala- Swiney, fvr larnaipa. Twentytlibtisti si nd ichoice mares have been pre sented to the•-)tvlkilve hundred stallionS 'conceited in our studs and depots ; Premiums have been distributed .. • • . to the propriatots r bf the finest breeds. . The cut- WOlt KS OF PARtS. tivation of eettOrlti , our Southern Provinces, - has hi "-•Paris becomes every day, by its works, more therto afforded. nothing but ho p es ; ' these have not worthy of being the .metropolis of one of those been destroyed by the two extraordinary seasons of empires, around Which are grouped, in the history of times, all that is contemporaneous. 1808 and 1899, and that is a great point gained. ' Attempts have been Made to - narnratize indigo.— " In its vicinity,. the bridges of' Bezons, Choisy, ..y and Sieies, have been bun that •of ()barren-ranee produces grain and wine far beyond her, con tansun-intim ; as to wined: the first quality, this • has has been re-establishe d _ th at of St: Cloud re been a well-known fad. But our depeedence Ort Store d; The beautiful bridge of Jena has been con foreign countries for graitv;has'ilWayS been consider- Auded to the raising of the arches; that of Sala ed as an established tenth. 'How valuable then the 2,1;c1 e l has been freed from the houses that.obstruct t xperiments we are now making: . . • edit ; the Quays NaPoleon, and the Louise, have been finished ; that of Jena has been Called be- : " Some distritts, - itieeed , find it impossible to sell r :.:a t heir corn. This is a motnentary misfortune; but will yontltbe Esplanade of• the Invalids ; the port of -L ~be a source opecnrity fnrithe future. The scarcities Rape has been - executed on ,a great and beautiful . „ , most frequentWepended merely on opinion ; it w a s plan. . • i only requisite ,ket,eroi6ten` this, and• France, hence - . " Plentiful granarieS'have . been founded._ ‘r ii 6 041 i ng an increase beyond her ". Every diiposition• for 'the constrodion of an forth secilre',. 4 i ic: made near the barrier of consumption, can no longer be iu fear of want. ifnmense :abattoir bat been - , , . " Ihe Emperor has, however, devoted all his soli Ftt EXPOSE PAR IS. .DI;f1. the Sitting ofyoterday M. Montaln , gt, tistet s., of the Intcrior, pronourtced fullowitig 4xpo . is,; of the Empire, to the Ist of becember ; 1809 " mcssimts, • . • , . "Every time . that the.itu3tittl of thii,`, Empire has been stated to you, Elie .114tvuch. zatiori has reckoned new tritia - fphs, .•6i Brii iant,viAoriesß iierotis 14 - ''aties of 14ace, the ,resulfs of t he , Most prf,zfolitid r.:!itical. combing.: tions ; great works... );,,..riertaken, ~ the order , of the Tnterior_ maintained—r, his t he ,pie.ture that all my predecessors. have had tt'i,trace, and it is that .Which• farms .the Ingot of tbe year. than has just . elapsed. ".The return of this enumeration of prosperities acquires every day a iliore glorious:cbaracler. The memorable facts of one year riviy appertain to •fortune, to,what IB,ca!ltd . shame, to a will of,which `nettling has, yet -shown the force or the 'constancy, the weakness or the l versat4il, but those which re turn perpetu illy ; the same are necessarily the work of a genius and an arm, equally ,powerful, The for mer may tran,iently appertain to any. time; the others : ti thoseras which divide, the course _of ages, and which subject -a .long • series, of years to every epoch which coanges the face of the Iu the course of the last se , i,ion you had con curred give a new Criminal Code to France, and ;idoptillg Int plans prepared by , the Council of State; nornet?.iliely under the eye' of tiiiMajeity; the neevssary _soliree or laws ; and when the Emperor hinwil, as tie had announced to you, had replaced 'on the throne of• Madrid his august brother, he forced • the Englih to precipitate themselves towards their ships, and only ceawn to pursue theM that he'might return to the cen tre of his dOininiolie:;`to observe and arrest the projects et-Austria,